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Statement Of NASD Chairman And CEO Mary Schapiro Regarding The Passing Of Gordon S. Macklin, Former NASD President And NASDAQ Founder

Date 31/01/2007

"All of us at NASD are greatly saddened by the passing of Gordon S. Macklin, who served as President of NASD for 17 years (1970-1987) and who founded NASDAQ in 1971 and served as its first President (1975-1987). Gordon was a man of great ability and energy whose years of leadership were characterized by tremendous innovation and a creative vision of the future of financial markets. NASD honored Gordon in 1987, dedicating its Rockville, MD, operations center to him and naming it the Gordon S.
CESR Chairs Elect The Chair And Vice Chair Of CESR To Lead Them For The Next Two Years

Date 31/01/2007

CESR Chairs elected today Eddy Wymeersch, Chairman of the Belgian Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission (CBFA) as Chairman of CESR and Carlos Tavares, Chairman of the Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (the CMVM), as Vice Chair of CESR to lead them for the next two years from 1 February 2007.
NASDAQ Mourns The Passing Of Its Founder Gordon S. Macklin

Date 31/01/2007

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. mourns the passing of its founder and past President Gordon S. Macklin.
CME Reduces Class A Share Requirement For Clearing Members - Designed To Attract New Market Participants, Plan Enables Current Clearing Members To Reduce Shareholdings And Transaction Costs

Date 31/01/2007

To reduce transaction costs for existing clearing members and attract new participants to its markets, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ: CME) today announced it will reduce the requisite number of CME Class A Shares its clearing members must acquire and hold as part of their capital investment requirement. Effective February 1, 2007, new firms applying for clearing member status will be required to acquire 8,000 shares of CME Class A stock, down from the previous requ
ICEX News & Views - Volume 7, Issue 5

Date 31/01/2007

The return on internationanl fixed income markets are discussed in this issue.

NYMEX Sets Daily Volume Records For Natural Gas Futures On CME Globex®

Date 31/01/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:NMX), announced today that it set a daily volume record for natural gas futures on the CME Globex electronic trading platform yesterday.
Swapstream Market Place To Expand Into Short End Interest Rate Swaps With Eonia Trading - Third Generation Platform Rebranded As “sDealer” To Offer Click And Trade Protocol

Date 31/01/2007

Swapstream, the market-leading multilateral electronic trading platform for interest rate swaps (IRS), today announced the expansion of its market place with the planned introduction in mid February of an Eonia (Euro Overnight Index Average) swaps trading facility. This new facility will allow traders on the short end of the IRS curve to experience the significant benefits realized by Swapstream users who currently trade on the medium to long end of the IRS curve. The Eonia market averages
Warsaw Stock Exchange Main Indices Set New Closing High

Date 31/01/2007

The Warsaw Stock Exchange WIG, all share index, closed at a new high of 54558,15 points. The previous closing high was 54048,19 on January 19, 2007.
E-Trade Financial Corporation Joins The NASDAQ Financial-100 Index

Date 31/01/2007

E-TRADE FINANCIAL FINANCIAL (Nasdaq:ETFC) has become a component of the NASDAQ Financial-100 Index(r) (Nasdaq:IXFIN), effective prior to market open on January 30, 2007. E-TRADE FINANCIAL Corporation replaced Charter Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:CHFN).
Nymex Holdings, Inc. Reports Record Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2006 Results - Full Year Operating Revenues Increase 49%, Net Income Increases 118% - Fourth Quarter Operating Revenues Rise 40%, Net Income Increases 105% - Results Driven by Record Volume

Date 31/01/2007

NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX) (“NYMEX”), parent company of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today reported that total operating revenues for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2006, rose 40 percent to $124.8 million compared to $88.9 million for the fourth quarter 2005. Net income for the fourth quarter 2006 increased 105 percent to $42.3 million compared to $20.7 million for the fourth quarter 2005. Diluted earnings per share rose for the fourth quarter 2006 to $0.48, based on 87.8